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From Jim Rutledge nioio(a)gate.net I received this today from the Group
Rutledge roots Web that I belong to thought it would be of interest you
migth want to save it for future reference you never know when it could
break your brick wall
Hello to all of you! I saw the following information come across a
different
mailing list & thought it could be of interest to one &
all. So, I've copied/pasted it here for you:
You can go to the Brigham Young University website
_http://www.lib.byu.edu/_
(http://www.lib.byu.edu/)
and do searches of over
5000 books which the Family History Library has put online.* ... the LDS
Family History Library has
announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available
on
the Internet all of the
Family History books in their collection. These are primarily books in the
"929.273Series" that are
currently housed on the first floor of the Family History Library
(previously
housed on the fourth floor
of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building). At the present time (Sept 2005),
about 5000 books have been
digitized and are available. They've announced that they are adding abt
100
titles/week to the on-line collection.
Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order in which they
progress
through this task; books out of copyright are being done first.As these
Family
History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is being placed in
the
Family History Library on-line catalog with a hyperlink to the digitized
image.
By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog, you can search for a specific name,
find
a book that has been indexed using the name, and view it on-line, flipping
through the pages as separate "pdf" images, much the same as if you were on
the
first floor of the Family History Library. =Of course, the indexing that is
available through the FHL Catalog is only as good as the human indexers
made
it;
typically they only include the "top" 4 to 6 names that appear in each book
in
their indexing efforts. But there is even better news!The digitized images
of
these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic
servers at BYU in Provo, Utah.
By going directly to the BYU web site to view the images, there are several
additional possibilities that
provide genealogists functionality that they have never had before. You are
now
able to do full-text searches on each book, and on every digitized book in
the
collection. Now you can locate the small two-paragraph entry on Grandpa
Ebenezer McGarrah that is buried in one of the Family History books that
you
would
have otherwise never thought to look at before. This can open up a huge new
possibility for extending lines,getting past brick walls, and uncovering
new
relatives!=How to Find The Digitized Images?Go to the web site of the
Harold
B. Lee
Library at BYU at _http://www.lib.byu.edu/_ (http://www.lib.byu.edu/) on
their home page, follow the
links "Find Other Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click
on
the
"Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the
list
of
collections that are displayed.You would then normally want to use the
"Search All" feature with the "Search Full
Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very
high-powered searches that will allow certain
phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude potential
hits. As
you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to
use
the "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display
the
actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the
index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed
after
being viewed.One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web
page
for the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search),
click
on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family
History
book that has been digitized and is available in the collection.You can
scroll
through this list much the same as if you were walking up and down the
stacks
at the library. At the top of the first page of the search results, it
displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is the number of books in
the
collection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty good
idea
of how
fast they are adding titles to the collection as you revisit the web site
from time to time. I think you will want to visit this site often as the
collection grows!"
I hope this information will be useful to you! I used to go through the
BYU
collections and I found some
good information on several of my lines - years back. Being able to see it
this way can only be more useful,
I believe!
Pavla Chandler, Texas
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Jim R Still trying to Swim with the mermaids
Hi
i,am in need of information on my grandfather Leroy P Jones born in 1860 in
Muncie Indiana,i need to find who his father and mother was,Leroy took his
wife Sarah York to missouri,she had tb,Leroy was born in indiana and supposely
went to iowa to a uncles house,i have not proved this yet,i do know that he is
buried with his wife at denny cemetery at douglas county mo.i really can use
some help on finding who Leroy P Jones parents were,
thank you
Marie in colorado
mariesweet(a)aol.com
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Surnames: Richman
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Here is my Nobel McDonald information:
Lydia Belle Richman B:2/25/1872 Muncie,In D:03/03/1947 Malcom,Iowa Married :3-18-1903
Charles Nobel McDonald B:2-24-1878 ND,D:4-28-1963 IA
son of Charles F. McDonald d.l907 & Almira Fuller)
(?Born S.Dakota or N.Dakota)
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Surnames: smeltzer, rickart, starns, murch, etc.
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hi, my name is mary ann I am looking for adam smeltzer born md. in 1817 also had a son adam born in Ind. 1866 can you help my great grandmother was callie e. smeltzer who married a rickart in ks. I've been looking md. Ind. and ks. for them. tks mary
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I found a photo of my father and two friends (I'm guessing by the pose of the picture) while in the Army in Germany. I'd love to connect with the friend's families. The names in the photo are (my best guess because my father's writting was difficult to decipher) Joe Hacker, Centralia Illonois and Marvin Clevenger, Muncie Indiana. The photo was taken at Casa Carioca, "the most unique night club in the command", Garmisch Recreation area. The back of the photo holder says, "Photo-studio, Meinen; Concessionaire; Garmisch Recreation Area."
If anyone knows of the families of these men, I'd love to send them a copy of the photo.
Michelle
itsmylife (at) taconic (dot) net
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I am looking for info on Harry Heuchan and Mary Lillian Shideler Heuchan m 4-19-1894 Lillian was b 1867 to Joseph Shideler and Henretta Moore Shideler from Royerton Delaware County Indiana any info I wood be greatful
Terrie
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I have a fair line on the Purvis side back to William. The cooper was a great aunt. send me a email at rredrick(a)aol.com.
russ
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Surnames: COOPER, PURVIS
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I have a Will PURVIS and a Nancy PURVIS in my COOPER line. Could this be the same line?
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Hello. I am curious about the Nobel Mcdonald you have listed. I am a descendant of Wiley Asbury Jackson Mcdonald, whom had a brother named Nobel Mcdonald. Wiley was born 1842 in either NC or GA. Does any of this ring a bell to you? Thank you- Heather